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Geisterstadt

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In der Stadt wohnen nur noch wenig Menschen.

Only few people still live in the city.

Oder es wohnt niemand mehr in der Stadt.

Or no one lives in the city anymore.

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menschen← der Mensch

human being, person plural: die Menschen human, human being, person, man; woman; man! rah! A2/mɛnʃ/

Grammar in this text

Negation with 'nur noch' and 'niemand'

In der Stadt wohnen nur noch wenig Menschen.

'nur noch' means 'only ... left' and 'niemand' means 'nobody'. Both express a reduced or absent population.

Word order in main clauses

In der Stadt wohnen nur noch wenig Menschen.

In German main clauses, the verb is in second position. Here, the adverbial phrase 'In der Stadt' is in first position, so the verb 'wohnen' follows immediately.

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Text from Geisterstadt — Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. See sources.

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